1. Leave it alone, let it be, don’t interfere
Laissez-Faire
Leave it alone, let it be, don’t interfere

2. Essential Question to guide your notes
What is Laissez-Faire, beyond just the meaning?
How does the concept of Laissez-Faire impact American economics?
What justification is there for Laissez-Faire policies?
What are the social impacts of a Laissez-Faire policy?
What evidence is there that Laissez-Faire policies don’t work?
What is the impact of immigrants in a Laissez-Faire economy?

3. First: What is a Free market
Discuss
What is the idea of supply and demand?

4. What is Laissez-Faire
It is an economic policy that advocates government staying out of the business sector
The theory is that everything will even itself out in a completely free market
A completely free market has never happened in a large scale
The concept of Laissez-Faire is similar to the idea of anarchy in that they are completely theoretical and go against human nature

5. And linking it to Immigrants
How does Laissez-Faire impact immigrants ?
How do immigrants fit into a Laissez-Faire economy?

6. How would Laissez-Faire impact…
For the following, anticipate how a Laissez-Faire policy would impact the following, then how would a person in favor of Laissez-Faire say that the market would correct it?
Working conditions
Wages
Quality of products
Use of resources

10. Pamphlets: make one to give to a lawmaker who is considering implementing laissez-faire capitalism
Pro Laissez-Faire
Pro-Workers
Create a pamphlet that advocates for a Laissez-Faire business practices.
How can it make life better?
How can it make products better?
What is wrong with regulating business?
Create a pamphlet that goes against Laissez-Faire business practices
How does it negatively impact workers?
How does it foster economic inequality?
How does it leave systems open for abuse?

11. Rubric
A: takes a clear stand on laissez-faire capitalism, answers all questions with convincing depth, uses 2+ source Works Cited (not my sources), presented elegantly B: answers questions to take a stand on laissez-faire capitalism, uses 2+ source Works Cited, presented clearly C: creates a helpful pamphlet to support or not support laissez-faire capitalism